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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Mini Album RAK Exchange (Randon Act of Kindness)

Not too long ago, a Hero Arts Flickr gal (Joy),organised a RAK exchange. Basically, you are randomly paired up with another person who wishes to play along and you put together a gift for them (you and your partner can decide on the rules if you wish to have any).

Well, I was paired up with this talented lady Kelly Booth and we exchanged a few e-mails to try and get to know each other a bit, our likes and dislikes, etc... and then agreed to post our parcels to each other by a certain date. (Which we have now both received).

As part of my gift to her I wanted to make her a little something. I had previously come across THIS tutorial to make this little album/booklet from one 12X12 sheet of paper and had just made one with some fall themed paper and it was sitting on my desk when I was thinking of what to make Kelly. And so I thought, hey, I'll make her a little Fall/Friendship themed booklet. And this is what developed: (be prepared, there are a number of photos here as I wanted to show you each little page, so just bear with me).

Front outer cover (Bird - Hero Arts; Sentiment - CTMH)

All images are Hero Arts

Images are Hero Arts

Banner is Lawn Fawn; Little Boy is Artistic Outpost (Butterfly is part of patterned paper)

All images are Hero Arts

This is what the little booklet looks like!

So what do you think? Is this not a neat idea. You could "dress" these albums up in so many different ways, even add photos to it for a little family gift. The booklet/mini album itself is really easy to make, the instructions in the photo tutorial are really quite easy to follow.

This turned out beautifully, Brenda! I love all the thought and details that went into it to make it special. You are always coming across the coolest tutorials- thanks for sharing them with me (us) :)

Oh, this is just FABULOUS, Brenda! I'm sure Kelly will adore and use it often, mini albums are really the rage now! And so many of us have family and what not to be able to hold our special photos in them!